Rockets versus Jazz, first round, again. Assume it. Book it. Look forward to it. When the Rockets moved to first, they were matched against the Jazz, sitting in seventh. When the Jazz beat the Rockets …

For 48 minutes, the Rockets kept their sights on the Timberwolves, never sneaking a glance to the games ahead. They could not have known during their pounding of the Timberwolves that the Spurs would …

OK, I’m waiting to hear it. All together now: “Yao didn’t get enough touches.” It doesn’t matter that the Rockets blew out the Hornets in the fourth quarter, taking a 95-84 win. It doesn’t matter that …

Game on the line, minutes left, defense tightening, the Lakers get the ball to Kobe Bryant and he goes to work. The Jazz run pick-and-roll. Then they run pick-and-roll. And if that doesn’t work, they …